Jack F'n Clark

I know, I know. It's been a while.

But this is a good one! I promise!

I'm watching the Dodgers/Rockies game right now and Vin Scully just said that the Dodgers haven't been "INSERT CURRENT RECORD HERE!" since 1985. Vinny then says, "Of course, none of these players would remember but when you say 1985, all you can remember is Jack Clark, the St. Louis Cardinals, Ozzie Smith, Tom Niedenfuer, and of course, Tommy Lasorda."

I REMEMBER, VINNY! I REMEMBER!

In fact, if I was a tattoo man... and of course I'm not... but if I was, I'd have a tattoo of a Dodger blue heart broken in half tattooed on my chest with the words "1985 - Jack Clark - Never Forget"

DOUBLE IN FACT... while I shall never have said tattoo on my chest, if any of my loyal readers have some Photoshop skillz, I would think you're the absolute bestest if you Photoshopped up a copy of said tattoo above.

Oh, and major thanks to the person who sent in the comment telling me that the Dave Matthews Band won't be available for Bridge School. In the not-so-original-yet-paraphrased words of Jeff Buckley, "HALLE-F'N-LUJAH!"

The End Of An Era Is Upon Us

If the Dodgers first 3-game losing streak of the season wasn't enough to be bummed about, the news broke today that legendary Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully plans to announce in 2010 and then hang 'em up.

Part of me is glad to have that date out there because the man deserves the rest.

Part of me is terrified because the Dodgers have yet to find anyone who comes close to lacing Vinny's proverbial boots in the booth.

And part of me is sad because I just can't imagine a historic Dodger moment going down without Vinny's voice there to call it.

It's the end of an era upon us, folks... just about fifteen months away.

A little more on Kent

Just watching the Dodger pre-game show and as they were going off the air, they pointed out Kent's production increase hitting in front of Manny and then started mocking him for his "look at my career numbers" stuff. Beautiful. They also pointed out that his "career numbers" in the three hole also include his stint hitting in front of Bonds which I can't remember if I referenced but I know it was buzzing around my brain when I writing.

Kevin Kennedy also said, "Don't mess with Vinny" as Steve Lyons remarked "He's barking up the wrong tree with that one." That's what I like to hear.

I'm sure Vinny will take the high road and let it go but I'd sure love to hear him rip Kent a new one at some point. Maybe Vinny will write a book some day and all will be spilled.